{"id":322091,"date":"2025-01-03T17:56:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T12:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=322091"},"modified":"2025-01-03T17:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T12:26:40","slug":"torrijos-carter-treaties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/torrijos-carter-treaties\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrijos-Carter Treaties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW16617067 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16617067 BCX0\">News: <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16617067 BCX0\">Donald Trump has called the transfer of Panama Canal to Panama as foolish. This has<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16617067 BCX0\"> brought Torrijos-Carter Treaties in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16617067 BCX0\">the news<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16617067 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW16617067 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">About Torrijos-Carter Treaties<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_322092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-322092\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-322092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Torrijos-Carter-Treaties.png?resize=300%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Torrijos-Carter Treaty\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Torrijos-Carter-Treaties.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Torrijos-Carter-Treaties.png?w=349&amp;ssl=1 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-322092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">They are <em><strong>two treaties<\/strong><\/em> which were signed by the United States and Panama in 1977.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Panama Canal Treaty:<\/strong> It provided for joint US-Panama control until December 31, 1999, after which Panama will take full control of canal operations and become primarily responsible for its defense.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Permanent Neutrality Treaty:<\/strong> It declared the <em>canal to be open for all nations<\/em>, though the US has the right to defend the neutrality of the canal and have priority passage in military emergencies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reasons for Trump being upset with Panama<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>High Transit Fees:<\/strong> Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has <em>imposed high transit fees<\/em> on US vessels. In 2023, due to droughts in Lakes Gatun and Alhajuela, ACP has reduced the number of slots for crossing ships by 36%, leading to an increase in transit fees.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Increased Chinese presence:<\/strong> Chinese presence in the Panama Canal has increased significantly, especially after 2017, when Panama became the first Latin American country to sign a Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Response of Panama\u2019s President Jose Raul Mulino<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">He defended the transit rates by arguing that transit rates are set\u00a0<em>as per international standards and decided by a procedure.<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">He <em>denied the claims of Chinese involvement<\/em>, citing the importance of sovereignty for the people of Panama.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Donald Trump has called the transfer of Panama Canal to Panama as foolish. This has brought Torrijos-Carter Treaties in the news.\u00a0 About Torrijos-Carter Treaties\u00a0 They are two treaties which were signed by the United States and Panama in 1977.\u00a0 Panama Canal Treaty: It provided for joint US-Panama control until December 31, 1999, after which&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/torrijos-carter-treaties\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Torrijos-Carter Treaties<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-322091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}